A powerful vocalist and songwriter whose music combines elements of blues, jazz, rock, R&B, and gospel, Danielia Cotton was born on September 24, 1967. Cotton's mother, Wenonah Brooks, was a jazz singer, as were two of her aunts, Jeannie Brooks and Carol Brooks-Meyners. Cotton's father was not a presence in her life, and she grew up in the small town of Hopewell, New Jersey, where she was one of only seven African-American students at Hopewell Valley Central High School. At the age of 12, Cotton began playing guitar, and she joined her mother and aunts in a gospel vocal group ...